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Creation and implementation of an IT governance compliant IT asset management framework for Wexford County council

O'Rourke, Alan - 0000

IT Governance has evolved from Corporate Governance over time as a means to enforce security and control over information systems and put in place best practices for organisations. There are accredited standards, such as ISO, CobiT, and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to...

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Asset and Inventory Management in the Hotel Industry using RFID technology: An Experimental Study with Economic Analysis

Aluri, Ajay; Munnangi, Samuel S - 2011

The ability to provide a cost-effective solution to improve hotel organizations efficiency through inventory management has made RFID technology one of today’s most potential deployment technologies. Hotel organizations are invariably competing in assuring the service quality and are facing...

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Trade-off Analysis Methodology for Asset Management

Bai, Qiang; Labi, Samuel; Li, Zongzhi - 2008

In an era that is characterized by funding limitations, increased stakeholder participation, and the need for increased accountability and transparency, transportation agencies seek to ensure that comprehensive evaluation processes are identified and used for decision-making. Consistent with...

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Methodology for the Development of a Highway Asset Management System for Indiana

Li, Zongzhi; Sinha, Kumares - 2004

Highway asset management is a systematic process that aims to preserve, expand, and operate highway assets in the most cost-effective manner. It is an analytical tool that facilitates organized, logical, and integrated decision-making in asset management practice. This study proposes a...

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Balance of power, certainty and discretion in the franchise relationship: An analysis of contractual terms

Spencer, Elizabeth C. - 2008

Australia is an express factor in determining unconscionability in contract formation and performance. Certainty is essential to … to in making the contract. Discretion, if it is too wide, may no longer represent the true intentions of the parties, but … franchise contract synergistically reinforce these conditions. This paper tests that theory by evaluating balance of power and …

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A Conditional Intent to Perform

Klass, Gregory - 2009

The doctrine of promissory fraud holds that a contractual promise implicitly represents an intent to perform. A promisor’s conditional intent to perform poses a problem for that doctrine. It is clear that some undisclosed conditions on the promisor’s intent should result in liability for...

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Interlocal Contractual Arrangements in the Provision of Public Safety

Andrew, Simon A. - 2005

state statutes that allowed mix approaches to contractual arrangements. A relational contract is advantageous because it … regional politics and avoid future disputes, municipality and county governments can choose a more legally binding contract by … using non-relational contract such as interlocal agreements, contracts or leases. Utilizing the data compiled by the Florida …

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WHILE LABOUR HOARDING MAY BE OVER, INSIDERS’ CONTROL IS NOT. DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN POLISH LARGE FIRMS, 1996-2001.

Bishop, Kate; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2003

This paper examines the determinants of employment changes using a panel of Polish large firms during the period 1996-2001. We investigate the impact of wages, output growth, investment, firm size and sectors upon employment, focusing on the asymmetry hypothesis. We find that investment plays an...

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Choice of Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Estonia

Jones, Derek C.; Kalmi, Panu; Mygind, Niels - 2003

related to the determinants of ownership structures and ownership changes after privatisation. A key focus is to determine … ownership; (iii) allocation of ownership depends on the pre-privatisation origin and location of the firm, and these factors …

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The Determinants of Privatised Enterprise Performance in Russia

Estrin, Saul; Bevan, Alan A.; Kuznetsov, Boris; … - 2001

Using data from a large enterprise-level panel designed to address this issue, we account for enterprise performance in Russia. We link performance to four aspects of the economic environment: enterprise ownership; corporate governance; market structures and competition; and financial constraints....

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